A. O. Smith Water Products Company makes commercial and residential water heating equipment under such brands as Cyclone, Genesis, and Vertex. It also makes solar panel water heaters under the Cirrex name. Products include commercial boilers, commercial natural gas water heaters, residential electric and natural gas water heaters, expansion tanks, and pump tanks. Products are sold through a network of wholesale distributors, as well as through retail chains Sears and Lowes. More than 15 manufacturing plants are located in North America, Mexico, China, the Netherlands, and India. A. O. Smith Water Products Company, a division of A. O. Smith, is always in hot water -- and it works to assure that its customers are, too.